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Talk Back Florida: Behind The Headlines

This is a show that delves behind the headlines as we talk politics with USF’s Dr. Susan McManus. Charlie Christ announced his running mate before he wins the August primary! Was it calculated or smart? Hear her political analysis.

The right to marry is a protected US Constitutional right according to a FL judge’s ruling this week, as he ruled to over-turned Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage. Nadine Smith, the Chief Executive Officer of Equality Florida, talked to us about Florida’s historic legal ruling and Attorney General Pam Bondi’s appeal that stopped Monroe Co. from issuing any marriage licenses to Gay couples, while the Florida court battle continues.

Florida’s job numbers came out this week and they say unemployment is down to 6.2 percent. But State Representative Janet Cruz Rifkin knows that many of her constituents are under-employed or not working. We talk to Rep. Cruz Rifkin about the bi-annual JOB FAIR that she coordinated to help people find work.

What is IMAGINE 2040 & why should you care about it? Executive Director of Hillsborough County PMO and Planning Commission, Ray Chiramonte talks to us about this interesting futuristic plan that targets transportation. We also talk music, antique cars with this hard working man who wears many hats!